The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-04

motion made By Representative Gardiner, that
when the joint convention adjourns it would ad-
journ until today"
II don't know said Senator Smith, who had
recuperated sufficiently to relieve Senator
Bailey. whether it does or not. Idon't remem-
Der. The motion was out of order. The Sena-
tor may examine the journal himself, or have
the clerk read it over If he wants to-"
g I desire said Senator DeMotte "that it
should go on the record If it is not there the
officers of the House have mutilated the record
There is mutation in it," remarked Sena-
tor Smith, not overconfdently.
II take it," continued Senator Denote, 'that
it is the duty OF the officers of the Senate to
make complete record They are not the
judges, nor is the Chair the judge of that"
1.-THE Chair does not assume to be the Judge"
said Senator Smith, ''but the Chair would ask
the question, you explain why your col
leagues over in the House refused to make the
record show that David Turpie was declared
elected United States Senatorp
because be was not elected replied Senator
DeMotte Il insist the Secretary of this Senate
shall do his duty as officer, and 1 insist he
shall not have the right to say it shall not 60 in
Directly after this, without the corrections being
made, the minutes, as they were read, were ap-
proved, on motion of Senator Sellers
In the House the Democrats were fully
persistent az the Democrats in the Senate in at
tempting to make the record suit their purposes
After the clerk had read the journal detailing
all matters of legitimate proceeding, Represent
alive Jewett remarked that Speaker Sayre de-
clared there was no election, while Senator
| Smith, whom he claimed to be the presiding Of
| fcer of the convention, announced that David
/ Turpie had received 16 votes and declared him
| to be the Senator reject Representative Kelli-
son offered as substitute for the journal of the
/ clerk full record of the proceedings in type
/ writer copy agreeing in every respect with the
| official minutes, except that the proposed substi
| tute referred to the Hon. A. G.. Smith, sPresi-
dent of the Senate presiding and with the further
| exception of mentioning Senator Smiths al
| legged declaration of election. There was
very little discussion this, as the Democrats
were not in proper trim to push it, After the
| House voted down the substitute which Repre-
| sentative Kelison called amendment, Repre-
| sentative Jewett renewed his motion, substan
TALLY He thought the record ought to show
| at least, the declaration Senator Smith made
| Representative Gardiner thought if any declara
ton of the kind claimed had been made, hii
| side of the House would not object to it's going
on the record But" he continued. nothing
| of the kind was heard by the House."
He said something replied Representative
Jewett, ''but it is true it was hard to tell VIVA
it was. on account of the noise"
Il was near to Senator Smith," remarked
Speaker Sayre THE Secretary of the Senate
Webster Dickson. handed him the tally or
| which he bad made the totals. saying, An
nounce the vote. quick. and declare Turpie
elected Senator Smith began to say something
being presiding officer of the convention, inter
fered If he said anything after that no one
| but himself heard it"
why were you so excited, thenW inquired
| Representative Harrell.
81 not excited. the Speaker responded; 81
| may have been interested"
IF Senator Smith," said Representative
| Linck ''did make any declaration ne had nc
right to do so. He was not the president of the
convention. He sat with the Speaker only
through courtesy" Then nearly every Demo
cratic Representative testified that he heard
Senator Smith make the declaration. None Of
them were nearer the Speakers desk thar
twenty feet. while several reporters, and others
| who stood on the steps and within reaching dis
lance of Senator Smith and Speaker Sayre, could
not distinguish word. But Representative
Pierce, whose seat is in the extreme rear of the
House, proclaimed theoretically that he could
hear every word II would suffer my right arm
to be severed he exclaimed waving his arms t.
mark the emphasis, land let the senatorship e.
where the wood bineth twineth, before / would
lie about this matter" That settled the contro
versy, for no Democrat felt that he could surpas
Representative Pierce in evidence, and the Jew
EFT motion went to vote, resulting in it's rejection
by A to 54 The journal, rs the Clerk prepared
it, was then approved after Representativ,
Peasants offered protests to the votes, in join
convention, of j. w. Linck, r. L. Mackey ant